Dear Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, I just heard today that you won’t be arriving in Palestine this weekend. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reversed his decision, upon President Trump’s request, and will not be allowing you into the country. My heart is broken. It is broken for you, Congresswoman Tlaib, the first Palestinian…
This is a developing story. The government of Israel has blocked Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering the country during their planned congressional visit to Israel and the West Bank this weekend. Interior Minister Aryeh Deri announced the ban in a statement on Thursday. He added that if Tlaib, who is Palestinian-American and…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Knesset member Nir Barkat, a former mayor of Jerusalem, said he would be willing to meet with U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib if they are willing to “learn and listen.” Both Omar and Tlaib have been intensely critical of Israel and have courted allegations of anti-Semitism from some Jewish Americans….
(JTA) — Neo-Nazis affiliated with the anti-Semitic Daily Stormer Book Club plastered racist fliers on three Seattle synagogues. The fliers were posted over the weekend by a masked man and featured an illustration of Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts biting…
(JTA) — Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan defended her support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel and said she would support a boycott of Muslim countries, like Saudi Arabia or Egypt. Tlaib, who is Palestinian-American, said the movement is “pushing back against racist policies in Israel” during an interview Sunday on…
Some Democrats argued that the resolution, which has no force in law, impinged on the First Amendment
(JTA) — President Donald Trump continued his attacks on four freshman minority Democratic congresswomen that he has assailed with racist tweets, and involved Israel in the debate. In Sunday’s tweet he called on “the four Congresswomen,” referring to Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, and Ayanna Pressley of…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America said it “condemns the most recent outburst of racist rhetoric in the highest levels of government,” an apparent reference to President Trump’s call on four Democratic congresswomen to “go back” to unspecified countries. The statement Thursday also alluded to statements by two of the congresswoman Trump…
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